The power is back on for Thunder Bay Hydro customers in the city's North end.

The company says last night's power outage covered a large portion of the North side, from Oliver Road to the Harbour Expressway, and from Memorial Avenue to Balmoral Street. Thunder Bay Hydro restored power to the area around 11 PM Saturday night.

large outage in progress, balmoral to memorial, Oliver to harbour expressway. cause and restoration currently unknown.

The City is advising you to take extra care while driving for the next five weeks, as crews rebuild the traffic signals at the James Street and Redwood Avenue intersection.

Starting Tuesday, the traffic lights will be replaced with temporary all-way stop signs and the streets in each direction will be reduced to one lane. The City says the streets leading up to the intersection will be closed for a full day each in the early stage of construction, and you will be re-directed around the closure.

Thunder Bay police are asking both pedestrians and drivers to use caution and obey the rules of the road, after a six year old boy was hit by a car on Memorial Avenue.

They say he was crossing Memorial Avenue near Queen Street early Wedneday evening, when a passing KIA driven by a 22-year old female clipped him on the leg. He was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

Yesterday morning a 45-year old woman suffered minor injuries after being hit by a truck at the corner of Cumberland and Red River Road. She was charged with a by-law infraction for pedestrians.